My best button

[McCDig]

I went to work for a couple hours and then picked up my Dad to head to a 70th reunion luncheon for Poly grads(his high school class from the '40s).
Had a great time with these men who are all a generation ahead of me.


Got my Dad back and visited with him and my Mom for awhile. Left about 4 and headed up the road from Parkville to Belair for a few hour hunt.


Started out with a clad quarter and then moved into the woods only to get a solid 85 signal. That '85' was a 3-inch deep 1964 quarter. A little further into the wood I dug a 1918 dog tag, then a shotgun shell. Poked around the wood not finding much more and then exited back on the grassy area where it wasn't long 'til I dug a high sixties signal, a flat button. Not much longer after that, but on leaving and swinging my way back to the truck, I dug another flat button. It wasn't until I got home and cleaned the buttons that I found the first one had a distinct backmark. Turns out it is an Andrew Jackson Inaugural button, stating "Andrew Jackson March 4 1829". This is my first presidential anything find!

After a hunt like this I'm not inclined to head back to Baltimore City anytime soon.

 

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[McCDig]

Thanks Jamie1993! First octagonal metal object I've found.

 

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[McCDig]

Thanks Jer! It was an amazing hunt. Just 2.5 hours.

 

[Patriot Relics]

Thx VMI digger. You can imagine my surprise when I found that detail!
P.S. This summer we visited Lexington, VA again and went through the museum below the Jackson Chapel. Excellent displays and the section on Jackson has many personal effects.

Rah VA Mil! Lexington is a beautiful place, especially in the fall

 

[Davers]

A Great short Hunt Indeed.

 

[Calabash Digger]

I like the button! congrats.

 

[wkrp43]

Very nice digging